2 Chronicles 8:16

What does 2 Chronicles 8:16 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 8:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. So the house of Jehovah was completed.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was perfected.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. So the house of Jehovah was completed.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And all the work of Solomon was complete, from the day when he put the base of the Lord's house in position, till Solomon had come to the end of building the Lord's house.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And all the work of Solomon is prepared till the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and till its completion; perfect is the house of Jehovah.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Solomon had all charges prepared, from the day that he founded the house of the Lord, until the day wherein he finished it.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And all the work of Solomon was prepared, to the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah and to its completion. [So] the house of Jehovah was finished.

Context

v.15And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

v.16This passage

v.17Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the sea-shore in the land of Edom.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 5:18

    And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

  • 1 Kings 6:7

    And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

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